Greater Houston

About the Author Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. From 1991 to 1993, she was an Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. She was responsible for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education (Ravitch, 2013). As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation…

school uniforms at their school, the teachers believe the uniforms were better for the students. One teacher stated, "An increase sense of responsibility by students" while another teacher stated, "A more effective use of instructional time, and greater participation in classroom activities"…

Imagine, for a moment, that you are an elementary school student. You sit in your classroom, trying your best to make it through a lesson. The fluorescent lights overhead seem too bright, and they will not stop humming. Your teacher is talking, but it is impossible to listen. Behind you, one of your classmates taps their foot. There are countless posters on the front wall of the classroom, and you attempt to read them all. A fly buzzes around the lights. You stare down at your worksheet, trying…

The Life and Death of JFK: How One Man’s Death Changed the Lives of Millions The third bullet sliced through John Kennedy’s thatch of thick reddish-brown hair. It cut a neat hole through his scalp and perforated his scalp. The velocity, and the physics of death did the rest. The right side of the presidents skull blew out-exploded, really- tearing open his scalp, and spewing skull fragments, blood, and brains several feet into the air where it hung for a few seconds, suspended in a pink cloud.…

they are fathers, but if a woman has kids, that puts a negative effect on her. The 2000 census was analyzed by Amanda K. Baumle, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston, found that “only gay women get a salary bump for having kids; in fact gay women’s earnings advantage from parenthood is even greater than men’s. Baumle’s theory: In employers stereotypical view gay women maintain a work trajectory after having…

Moon Landing Hoax, Neil Armstrong first was the first man on the moon, at least said to be. It’s hard to believe in 1969 that there was basically a space ship created to land on the moonhaving a man walk the first steps there. At the time small objects of new technology was being created such as a mouse for a computer, ATM’s, barcode scanners. Comparing the new technology being created at that time to a space ship on the moon with men aboard it’s difficult to believe; however, a few years after…

aimed at creating an aura of charisma among the leaders and eventually created major defects identified in (Conger, 1990). The image Lay and Skilling attempted to promulgate and allure spectacled to convince people that they belonged to a cause far greater than being part of a business or working for a living. The implication was that others could someday hope to obtain similar privileges for themselves, providing they embrace the value system articulated by the leaders. ii) Compelling…

Introduction Ever since I was a little boy, I was surrounded by music, which gave me a chance to get to know many different music genres such as opera, classical music, pop, rock, and more. I have always been inspired by different styles of music, and the primary person responsible for that was my father. Although he passed away in November 28th of 2005, he lived long enough to transmit his experiences in the music industry and the positive way he perceived music. He was a very talented…

Upon all these health care is a major issue that these people face. Snyder, L. L. (2008) states “Latinos have a greater lack of access to health insurance, health promotion, prevention programs, and suffer disproportionately from certain health diseases, injury, disability and death.” Most of the reason that they go through this is because they do not know how to get…

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man 's needs, but not every man 's greed”. People in this world, even to this very day still yearn for anything they want and perform actions in order to achieve their goals. There have been several instances where we have failed to take time and think about the consequences and impacts our actions could have on society. For the past few years, Canada and the United States have started to build a pipeline that travels through both…